The structure of ribosomal protein S7 at 1.9 Å resolution reveals a β-hairpin motif that binds double-stranded nucleic acids

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1187-1198

  Wimberly, Brian T ^a   White, Stephen W ^b   Ramakrishnan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiwavelength anomalous diffraction; Protein RNA interactions; Ribosome; RNA binding; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031572181     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00269-4     Document Type: Article

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